ART 002: Forms and Methods of Sculpture Flashcards
An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects
Sculpture
The Great Sphinx was carved from
Limestone
Most popular art forms around the world to represent beauty, emotion, and form
Sculpting
Types of Sculptures
Relief, Free-standing
Types of Relief
Low Relief or Bas-Relief, High Relief
Projecting image with a shallow overall depth
Low Relied or Bas-Relief
More than half the mass of the sculpted figure projects from the background
High Relief
Not attached (except at the base) to any surface
Free-standing
4 Basic Sculpture Techniques
Carving, Casting, Modeling, Assembling
Cutting or chipping away a shape from a mass of stone, wood, or other hard material
Carving
Made from a material that is melted down
Casting
Created when a soft or malleable material is built up and shaped to create a form
Modeling
Different materials to create an assembled sculpture
Assembling
Taking bars of soap and sculpting them into intricate shapes or model of animals or flowers
Soap Carving